Hermann Klencke

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Philipp Friedrich Hermann Klencke ( pseudonyms : Hermann v. Maltitz and E. v. Kalenberg ; born January 16, 1813 in Hanover , † October 11, 1881 ibid) was a German military doctor , private scholar and popular science writer .

Life

Klencke attended high school in Hanover and then the medical-surgical school there. He became a military doctor in Minden and, with General Doctor Adolph Leopold Richter, published the medical weekly military paper , with which they initiated a fundamental reform of the military medical system in the Kingdom of Prussia .

In 1837 Klencke turned to Leipzig, where he studied medicine and natural sciences at the University of Leipzig . In 1839 he established himself as a general practitioner in Braunschweig . There he also attracted attention through his scientific lectures and was politically and journalistically committed to the revolution of 1848/49. His popular biography Alexander von Humboldt , first published in 1852, enjoyed several editions.

In 1855 he went back to his hometown Hanover. There he led a secluded life devoted to science and publication.

Klencke was awarded the title " Professor " at an early stage . He was a member of several academies of science.

Honors

In 1841 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Publications (selection)

The oeuvre of Klencke included more than 200 volumes. In addition to scientific literature, he also published popular scientific literature as well as numerous socially critical, cultural-historical and biographical novels. It may not be surprising that he has been accused of plagiarism .

Two of his works have been awarded prizes:

  • The liver thrush as a remedy , 1842.
  • Investigations into the spoilage of teeth , publishing house of the Association for Medicine in Prussia, 1847 and 1850.

Other publications, for example, some of which appeared in multiple editions, also mainly novels:

  • The German Ghost , 3 volumes, 1846.
  • The German Pharisees , 3 volumes, 1847.
  • German National Flag Song - Braunschweigisches Bürgerlied - Spring Song of the Germans in March 1848 - Celebration of the Dead. In memory of the fighters for civil liberty who fell in March 1848 - For Robert Blum. Office of the dead - The German basic rights on January 18, 1849 , leaflet lyric 1848/49.
  • The political devil in Germany. An old story from a new time brought into Funny Verse , 1849.
  • Lessing , 5 volumes, 1850
  • Images of nature from the life of mankind in letters to A. v. Humboldt , 1850.
  • Pocket dictionary of therapy for general practitioners 1852.
  • Alexander von Humboldt. A biographical memorial , 1st edition 1851 (7th edition 1875).
  • The Adept zu Helmstedt , 4 volumes, 1851.
  • Herder , 4 volumes, 1852.
  • Anna Luis Karschin , 3 volumes, 1853.
  • The Parnassus in Braunschweig . 3 volumes, 1854.
  • Sunday letters from a naturalist to his religious friend , 1855.
  • The food question ib Germany , 1856.
  • The Knights of Industry , 6 volumes, 1858.
  • Swammerdam or the revelation of nature , 3 volumes 1860.
  • Lucas Cranach , 3 volumes, 1860.
  • Luther and Lucas Cranach , 4 volumes, 1861.
  • The Duke on a Leash , 6 volumes, 1860/61.
  • Leibniz and the two electors , 3 volumes, 1863.
  • The Braunschweig'sche Hof and Abbot Jerusalem , 3 volumes 1863.
  • The poor and needy this side de " s Rhine , 4 vols. 1864
  • Chemisches Koch- und Wirtschaftsbuch , 1st edition 1865.
  • The mother as a tutor for her daughters and sons , 1st edition 1870.
  • The Sick Child , 1st edition 1872.
  • The woman as wife , 1st edition 1872.
  • Illustrirtes Lexicon of the adulteration of food and beverages, colonial goods, drugs, manufacturers, industrial and agricultural products , 1858.

literature

  • anonymous autobiography : self-confessions or 40 years from the life of an often-mentioned doctor . 1855.
  • Wilhelm Hess :  Klencke, Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 157 f.
  • Klencke, Philipp Friedrich Hermann . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 14 : Kikarskten – Kroman . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1911, Sp. 253 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Andreas W. Daum : Science popularization in the 19th century. Civil culture, scientific education and the German public, 1848–1914 . Oldenbourg, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-486-56337-8 .
  • Eberhard Rohse: Abbot Jerusalem as a literary figure. Depiction and image of JFW Jerusalem in historical novels by Hermann Klencke and Wilhelm Raabes. In: Klaus Erich Pollmann (ed.): Abbot Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem (1709-1789). Braunschweig 1991 (= Braunschweiger Werkstücke, Vol. 81), pp. 127-177.
  • Eberhard Rohse: Literary "March achievements". The revolution of 1848 in the works of Brunswick writers. In: Literature in Braunschweig between the pre-March period and the early days. Edited by Herbert Blume and Eberhard Rohse. Braunschweig 1993 (= Braunschweiger Werkstücke., Vol. 84), pp. 55-110, esp. Pp. 67-71 and 100-102.
  • Hasns-Ulrich Ludewig: The poet as historian. Hermann Klencke's novels as sources on Brunswick history. In: Blume / Rohse: Literature in Braunschweig between Vormärz and Gründerzeit , Braunschweig 1993, pp. 133-153.
  • Eberhard Rohse: Klencke, Philipp Friedrich Hermann, Dr. In: Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries . Edited by Horst-Rüdiger Jarck and Günter Scheel. Verlag der Hahnschen Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, p. 320.
  • Hans Hoffmann: Philipp Friedrich Hermann Klencke: (1813–1881) (= series of publications by the Society of Friends of the Hannover Medical School , Volume 10), Hannover 1971.
  • Eberhard Rohse: "Frankfurt not Bethlehem". Paulskirche parliament and the 48s revolution as reflected in literary texts. In: Language of German Parliamentarism. Edited by Armin Burkhardt and Kornelia Pape. Wiesbaden 2000, pp. 40-67, especially pp. 43 f., 52 and 64 f.
  • Eberhard Rohse : Klencke, Philipp Friedrich Hermann. In: Killy Literature Lexicon. Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2. completely revised Ed. By Wilhelm Kühlmann […] Volume 6. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2009, pp. 473–475.
  • Klaus Mlynek : Klencke, Philipp Friedrich Hermann . In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 353.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas W. Daum : Science popularization in the 19th century. Bourgeois Culture, Scientific Education, and the German Public, 1848-1914 . Oldenbourg, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-486-56337-8 , pp. 293, 385, 419 f., 496 .
  2. ↑ Member entry of Philipp Friedrich Hermann Klencke at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on September 2, 2016.
  3. ^ Theodore Brieger, Bernhard Bess: Journal for Church History , Volume 106. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1995, p. 359.
personal data
SURNAME Klencke, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klencke, Philipp Friedrich Hermann (full name); Klencke, Friedrich Hermann; Hermann v. Maltitz; E. v. Kalenberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military doctor, private scholar and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1881
Place of death Hanover